| Is there a difference between "shocked" and "surprised"? I thought there was... |
 A bomb attack in a thriving commercial hotspot in Cairo has shocked and angered Egyptians who had come to believe violence in their ancient city had been effectively dealt with in the 1990s.
| That's why they let all those hard boyz out of jug a little while ago... |
The al-Husain area — considered the heart of Islamic Cairo — was rocked by a grenade thrown at a crowd of tourists perusing the old bazaar. The blast killed at least two and wounded several others. General Fuad Allam, former head of Egyptian State Security, says terrorist attacks had been constrained and limited in Egypt and everyone was caught by surprise. "Possibilities for the occurrence of such an accident were far from possible," he said. He believes a minor terrorist cell gone astray may have been behind the attack.
| I think the local hard boyz realize that a handful of people tossing bombs can disrupt an entire society. We're not the only ones who read the Pak press... |
"It is obvious that it is not very well organised. Most probably it will be [a] locally made bomb." Egyptian media reported a bomb was hurled from a motorcycle, but police on the scene believe one of the dead may have been the bomber himself. "It included nails and other sharp objects designed to create maximum bloodshed when the gunpowder goes off."
| Kinda like the Paleostinians are fond of using... |
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